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How Well Do You Actually Know The Bible?

The New Testament of both the Catholic and Protestant Bibles includes the same 27 books. However, the Old Testament of the Catholic Bible includes seven [deuterocanonical books](http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/faq.cfm) not found in the Old Testament of the Protestant Bible.

The Catholic Bible comprises 73 books, while the Protestant Bible comprises 66.

It's found in the fourth chapter of [Philippians](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+4%3A13&version=ASV). “God works in mysterious ways" has its roots in a 19th-century hymn by William Cowper, and “God helps those who help themselves" were the words of [Benjamin Franklin](http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/thats-not-in-the-bible/), not a Biblical patriarch. As for the evilness of money, the Bible actually says, "For the [love of money](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+6%3A10&version=KJ21) is the root of all evil."

Only “I can do everything through him who gives me strength" is actually found in the Bible.

According to [Genesis 2](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2&version=MSG), "By the seventh day, God had finished his work. On the seventh day, he rested from all his work."

God spent six days creating the heavens and the earth.

After putting Adam into a deep sleep, God "removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then [used the rib](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+2%3A22&version=MSG) that he had taken from the Man to make Woman." However, contrary to popular belief, men and women have the [same number](http://discovermagazine.com/1995/sep/darwinsrib561) of ribs.

God created Eve from one of Adam's ribs.

Genesis 3 [does not specify](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+3&version=MSG) what kind of fruit Adam and Eve ate, though it is commonly depicted as being an apple.

They ate a piece of fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

In Genesis 6, God tells Noah to bring " [two](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+6%3A19-20&version=NIV) of all living creatures" onto the ark, but in the very next chapter, God directs him to bring aboard " [seven pairs](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+7%3A2-3%2CGenesis+7%3A5&version=NIV) of every kind of clean animal," "one pair of every kind of unclean animal," and "seven pairs of every kind of bird."

But the Bible's not exactly clear.

After Samson revealed the source of his strength to Delilah, she [cut his hair](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/520746/Samson) while he was sleeping, leading to his eventual enslavement.

Samson's strength came from his hair.

The Bible says Goliath was around [9 feet 9 inches tall](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+17). After the fight, David cut off the giant's head.

David killed Goliath with a sling.

...in whose belly he spent three days and night. The Book of Jonah does not say exactly [what kind of fish](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+1%3A17&version=MSG) it was.

Jonah was swallowed by a large fish.

The [10 plagues](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7530678/Biblical-plagues-really-happened-say-scientists.html) were 1) water turned into blood, 2) frogs, 3) lice, 4) flies, 5) diseased livestock, 6) boils, 7) hailstorms, 8) locusts, 9) darkness, and 10) the death of firstborn children.

Flooding was not one of the plagues of Egypt.

According to Exodus 14, God "made the sea into [dry land](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+14&version=NKJV)" for the Israelites, but when the Egyptian forces pursued them, the "waters returned and covered the chariots."

God parted the Red Sea during the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.

God gave the Israelites the [Ten Commandments](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20&version=KJV) after their exodus from Egypt.

"Thou shalt pray..." is not one of the Ten Commandments.

These books, which begin the New Testament, offer unique perspectives on [Jesus' life and death](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/story/mmindex.html).

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John .

Though the Christmas carol “We Three Kings” leads you to think otherwise, the Bible actually [makes no mention](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+2&version=KJV) of the number of wise men who visited Jesus. The “Magi from the East” did, however, bring him three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The number is unknown.

Of his many followers, Jesus designated [12 as apostles](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A12-16): Simon (Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon (the Zealot), Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot.

Jesus had 12 apostles.

With the kiss, [he identified Jesus](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+22) to the soldiers so that they could arrest him. Shortly after, Peter denied knowing Jesus.

Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss.

The book, filled with [apocalyptic allegories](http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/500324/Revelation-to-John), deals with the end of the world.

Revelation is the final book of the Bible.

It's been a while since you cracked open the Good Book, huh? You're going to need some divine intervention to get out of this one.

Watch out for lightning bolts!

Well, you could've done worse, but you could've also done a \*hell\* of a lot better.

You're a sinner and a saint.

You know the Bible from cover to cover, and you can tell Peter from Paul and Mary from Martha. Nice work!

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